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ERIC Number: EJ418074
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-5630
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Fisher Ames and Political Judgment: Reason, Passion, and Vehement Style in the Jay Treaty Speech.
Farrell, James M.
Quarterly Journal of Speech, v76 n4 p415-34 Nov 1990
Analyzes Fisher Ames' fiery speech of 1796 on the Jay Treaty. Demonstrates the influence of Scottish enlightenment thinkers (particularly in moral sense philosophy and faculty psychology) on Ames and his rhetoric. Demonstrates how Ames made a compelling case to shift the standard of political judgment from reason to passion. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Decision Making, Discourse Analysis, Eighteenth Century Literature, Persuasive Discourse, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism, Rhetorical Theory, Speech Communication, Speeches
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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